1997 OLDSMOBILE 88 Complaints

THIS VEHICLE IS 5 YEARS OLD AND THE GAS LINES HAVE RUSTED. THE VEHICLE ALSO HAD A FUEL PUMP REPLACED DUE TO A LEAK BETWEEN THE INCLINE FUEL FILTER AND THE GAS TANK. *JG

MANIFOLD WAS LEAKING WATER INSIDE ENGINE, AND ENGINE MALFUNCTIONED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE INTAKE MANIFOLD BLEW CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE HARD TO START. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WOULD MAKE A LOUD SQUEALING NOISE, AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON. TOOK TO DEALER AND THE DEALER SAYS GMC HAS REDESIGNED THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, DEALER SAYS THE INTAKE MANIFOLD HAS A INTERIOR VACUUM LEAK. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

FUEL LINE FAILURE ON MODULAR UNIT DUE TO PIPE RUSTING-- WILL COST $700.00+ TO REPLACE. MR

I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PLENTIUM BEING MADE OF PLASTIC. TO PUT PLASTIC IN THE ENGINE, THIS CAR IS ONLY 5 YEARS OLD. AND HAS HAD EXCELLANT CARE. THE PLENTIUM WEARS OUT DUMPING ENGINE COLLANT INTO COMBUSTION CHAMBERS. AND CONTAMINATES THE ENTIRE ENGINE WITH WATER AND COOLANT. WHICH IN TURN DESTROYS THE ENGINE. GM KNOWS OF THIS PROBLEM AND STATE THAT THEY HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM IN THE LATER MODELS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM RECALL THE ONES THAT WERE NOT CORRECTED. ALTHOUGH OUR INSTANCE SUBJECTED US TO ANY DANGER . IF THIS WAS TO HAPPEN ON THE HIGHWAY AT NIGHT, WHOS TO SAY WHAT COULD HAPPEN. IF OTHER MANUFACTURERS CAN RECOGINIZE THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE RECALLS, THEN WHY CAN'T OLDSMOBILE STEP UP AND DO THE SAME? IF THEY WANT INFORMATION ON OTHE INSTANCES ON THE SAME PART FAILURE FROM OTHER PEOPLES, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO PROVIDE THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. TOMMY RICE. *AK

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WILL SHIFT GEARS BEFORE IT GETS TO CORRECT SPEED, CAUSING VEHICLE TO LOSE POWER. MAUFACTURER AND DEALERS CANNOT FIX PROBLEM.*AKI

WHILE DRIVING HOT WATER BURNED A HOLE IN MANIFOLD, CAUSING ENGINE TO LOCK DOWN . DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

CONSUMER STATES COOLANT WARNING LIGHT FLASHES, THERE IS PUDDLES OF ANTIFREEZE CAUSED BY THE COOLANT LEVEL SENSOR RETAINER CLIPS BREAKING OFF AND LEAVING THE SENSOR RETAINED ONLY BY THE FRICTION OF THE O-RING SEALS. *TT

DRIVERS SEAT RECLINING MECHANISM HAS SHEERED OFF WHILE BEING DRIVEN ALLOWING THE SEAT TO FALL BACKWARDS WITH NO WARNING. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS